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POSITION PAPER ON ‘‘DEVELOPMENT OF IRON ORE PELLELISATION INDUSTRY IN INDIA’’

CENTRE FOR TECHNO-ECONOMIC MINERAL POLICY OPTIONS (C-TEMPO) JANUARY 2011

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ABOUT US
The Centre for Techno Economic Mineral policy Options (C-TEMPO) has been set up under the aegis of Ministry of Mines, as a think tank to evolve policy options and help address the technology and management gap for nonferrousminerals. The objective of C-TEMPO is primarily to prepare and present attributable and non-binding techno-economic advice on various issues related to the mineral and mining sector. The aim of the Centre is to facilitate effective interaction between the investors, entrepreneurs, mining industry and the Central and State Governments and evolve policy options for stakeholders of the mineral sector.In the centre, a data bank of countries of interest in respect of their geology, mineral resources, export potential, technology etc. is being developed in coordination with Indian Mission abroad of the respective countries. This information will be leveraged to meet the growing demand of minerals in India to sustain the GDP and also from the view of strategic planning. The Centre is alsopreparing and presenting Position Papers and studies on various techno-economic issues for the consideration of the Government, industry and other stake holders. It also undertakes networking with Industry and Government for coordinated research in the mineral sector.

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PREFACE
Steel Industry in India is on an upswing because of the strong global and domestic demand. India’s rapid economic growthand soaring demand by sectors like infrastructure, real estate and automobiles, at home and abroad, has put Indian steel industry on the global map. According to the latest report by International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), India is the seventh largest steel producer in the world. The current status of iron ore and its future prospects have direct relationship mainly with steel productionin India. The total iron ore resources in India are approximately 25,249 Million tonnes (out of which Hematite constitutes 14,630 MT and Magnetite constitutes 10,619 MT). Out of the total production, 56% of iron ore production comes out as fines and 44% as boulders which have to be sized to 10-30 mm for blast furnaces and 6-18 mm for sponge iron plants. Iron ore in a finely ground state is noteasily transported or readily processed .Thus it is necessary to agglomerate the fine ground ore into pellet using binders. The use of pellets increases the productivity in blast furnace and reduces coke consumption. There is need to focuses on the development of pelletisation activities for the beneficiation of Indian steel Industry. The present position paper has been developed based on thecontributions made by Dr. A.K. Kashiba, Former industrial advisor (Ministry of Steel) and valuable inputs from Dr. A.K. Mukherjee, Scientist (Tata Steel).

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C O N T E N T S
Title 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Introduction Advantages of Pellets India’s production and Export of Iron Ore Need to maximize the Consumption Status of the Iron Ore pellets Industry in India TECHNO-ECONOMIC policy options (i) (ii) 7.Mechanism of Pellet formations Process Technology Page No

Recommendations Annexure-I (Status of the various commissioned pellet plants & the plants under commissioning/Engineering in India) Annexure-II

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DEVELOPMENT OF IRON ORE PELLETISATION INDUSTRY IN INDIA
INTRODUCTION: The national steel policy aims at 110 million tonnes (Mts) finished steel by the year 2019-2020, around 170 Mts ofquality iron ore (+63% Fe) is required. Besides that around 100 Mts of quality lump ore is required to meet the export commitments. All together, 270 Mts of calibrated lump and fines are required which corresponds to mining of around 400 Mts of run-off-mine (rom) iron ore every year. At this rate of mining, the proven reserve may last 32-35 years. It is for this reason the national steel policy...